Waterfowl such as duck was plenty in the Massachusetts ocean area. Pilgrims hunted with their rifles. Seafood was also a favorite, especially muscles – a type of shellfish related to snails and
Pilgrim hunting shallow water along the
Slugs. Muscles are found holding on to rocks in shoreline. At dinner muscles might have been served with cornbread, curds, and tasty pudding. Pilgrims ate three square meals a day; the biggest was the midday meal. The pilgrims ate with their hands!! They did have spoons and knives but no forks. There cloths draped over their shoulders were for wiping their fingers.
2. Wampanoag hunting
During winter, the Wampanoag depended on animals such as rabbit, squirrel, turkey, and some deer. A Wampanoag would praise their god and spirits of animals for their successful hunt. A Wampanoag woman would turn a day’s hunt into sobaheg, or meat stew. Thaw Wampanoag were also very good fisherman. They baited with hooks with dried clam necks and fished out of their dugout canoes.
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Wampanoag and Pilgrim hunting
Waterfowl such as duck was plenty in the Massachusetts ocean area. Pilgrims hunted with their rifles. Seafood was also a favorite, especially muscles – a type of shellfish related to snails and
Pilgrim hunting shallow water along the
Slugs. Muscles are found holding on to rocks in shoreline. At dinner muscles might have been served with cornbread, curds, and tasty pudding. Pilgrims ate three square meals a day; the biggest was the midday meal. The pilgrims ate with their hands!! They did have spoons and knives but no forks. There cloths draped over their shoulders were for wiping their fingers.
2. Wampanoag hunting
During winter, the Wampanoag depended on animals such as rabbit, squirrel, turkey, and some deer. A Wampanoag would praise their god and spirits of animals for their successful hunt. A Wampanoag woman would turn a day’s hunt into sobaheg, or meat stew. Thaw Wampanoag were also very good fisherman. They baited with hooks with dried clam necks and fished out of their dugout canoes.
Information based on the following website: http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/daily_life/